List of Western fiction authors

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This is a list of some notable authors in the western fiction genre.

Note that some writers listed below have also written in other genres.

Tony Masero (Author and Illustrator) (born 1943)
Andy Adams (1859–1935)

Todhunter Ballard (1903–1980)
F. Eugene Barber (Fred Eugene Barber) (born 1931)
S. Omar Barker (1894–1985)
Rex Beach (1877–1949)
Don Bendell (born 1947)
Tom W. Blackburn (1913–1992)
Win Blevins
William Blinn (born 1937)
Stephen Bly (1944–2011)
Johnny D. Boggs (born 1962)
Frank Bonham (1914–1988)
Allan R. Bosworth (1901–1986)
B. M. Bower (1871–1940), (Pseudonym of Bertha "Muzzy" Sinclair)
Leigh Brackett (1915–1978)
James Edwin Branch (born 1952)
Max Brand (1892–1944), (Pseudonym of Frederick Schiller Faust)
Lyle Brandt (born 1951), (Pseudonym of Michael Newton)
Peter Brandvold (Pseudonym, Frank Leslie)
Matt Braun (born 1932)
Ben Bridges, (1958-), (Pseudonym of David Whitehead)
Dee Brown (1908–2002)
Anthony Burgess (1917–1993)
Terry W. Burns (born 1942)

David Wynford Carnegie (1871–1900)
Forrest Carter (1925-1979)
Willa Cather (1873–1947)
Robert W. Chambers (Robert William Chambers) (1865–1933)
Tim Champlin (John Michael Champlin) (born 1937)
A.M. Chisholm (1872–1960)
Walter van Tilburg Clark (1909–1971)
Walt Coburn (1889–1971)
Don Coldsmith, (1926–2009)
Jackson Cole (Pseudonym of Peter B. Germano)
Ralph Compton (1934–1999)
Robert J. Conley, (1940–2014)
Will Cook (William Everett Cook) (1921–1964)
Dane Coolidge (1873–1940)
Courtney Ryley Cooper (1886–1940)
James Fenimore Cooper (1789–1851)
Barry Cord (Pseudonym of Peter B. Germano)
William R. Cox
Bill Crider
Elizabeth Crook (born 1959)
Dan Cushman (1909–2001)

R. Bentley Davies
Patrick Dearen (born 1951)
Randy Denmon
H.A. DeRosso (1917–1960)
J. Frank Dobie (1888–1964)
Gary Dobbs (1965–present)
Harry Sinclair Drago
Wayne D. Dundee

J. T. Edson (born 1928)
Edward S. Ellis (Edward Sylvester Ellis) (1840–1916)
Allan Vaughan Elston (1887–1976)
Loren D. Estleman (born 1952)
Max Evans
Wade Everett

Andrew J. Fenady
T.T. Flynn (1902–1978)
Steve Frazee (1909–1992)
Norman A. Fox (1911–1960)

Donald Gallinger
Brian Garfield, (born 1939)
Kathleen O'Neal Gear, (born 1954)
W. Michael Gear, (born 1955)
George G. Gilman
Arthur Henry Gooden, (1879–1971)
Edward Gorman, (born 1941)
Jackson Gregory, (1882–1943)
Dorien Grey
Zane Grey (1872–1939)
James J. Griffin (born 1949)
Jesse Edward Grinstead (1866–1948)
Fred Grove (1913–2008)
Frank Gruber, (1904–1969)
Charles A. Gunnison (1861–1897)
A.B. Guthrie, Jr. (1901–1991)

Mel Hague
William Wister Haines (1908–1989)
Angelo Hall (1868–1922)
Wilbur Hall (1883–1948)
Oakley Hall (1920–2008)
D.M. Harrison (Diana Harrison)
Bret Harte (1836–1902)
Cynthia H. Haseloff
Travis Haselton
Ernest Haycox (1899–1950)
Will Henry (Henry Wilson Allen) (1912–1991)
Jean Henry-Mead
Dennis Herrick
Tony Hillerman (1925–2008)
Doug Hocking (born 1950)
Lee Hoffman (1932–2007)
Ray Hogan (author)
B.J. Holmes
L.P. Holmes
Robert J. Horton
Robert E. Howard (1906–1936)
Clair Huffaker
Min-Woo Hyung

Rye James
Will James, (1892–1942)
Mike Jameson
Dorothy M. Johnson (1905–1984)
Terry C. Johnston (1947–2001)[
J.A. Johnstone
William W. Johnstone (1938–2004)
Hal Jons (Pseudonym of Harry Austin Jones) (1912–1983)
Cameron Judd
E.Z.C. Judson (Pseudonym of Ned Buntline)

Day Keene (Pseudonym of Gunard Hjertstedt), (1904–1969)
Jim Kane (Pseudonym of Peter B. Germano)
Mike Kearby
Elmer Kelton (1926–2009)
Charles King (1844–1933)

Louis L'Amour (1908–1988)
Joe R. Lansdale (Born 1951)
Karl Lassiter
Steven Law (born 1966)
Wayne C. Lee
Alan LeMay (1899–1964)
Elmore Leonard (1925–2013)
Chuck Lewis (born 1936)
Jake Logan (author)
Noel M. Loomis (1905–1979)
Milton Lott
Giles A. Lutz (1910–1982)
Stan Lynde

Kat Martin
Jack Martin
Walt Masterson
Richard Matheson (1926–2013)
Karl May (1842–1912)
Ardath Mayhar (1930–2012)
Cormac McCarthy (born 1933)
Lucile Saunders McDonald (1898–1992)
Michael McGarrity (born 1939)
David M. McGowan (born 1949)
Tim McGuire
Larry McMurtry (born 1936)
Everett McNeil (1862–1929)
Leonard Frank Meares
Joaquin Miller (1837–1913)
Ross Morton (born 1948) aka Nik Morton
William Byron Mowery (1899–1957)
Clarence Edward Mulford (1883–1956)
Scott Meador (born 1974)

Ray Nafziger (died 1946)
John D. Nesbitt (born 1948)
Frederick Nolan
Frank Norris (1870–1902)
Andre Norton (1912–2005)

Chad Oliver (1928–1993)
T.V. Olsen (Theodore V. Olsen) (1932–1993)
Frank O'Rourke (1906–1989)
Wayne D. Overholser, (1906–1996)

Lauran Paine (born 1916)
Robert B. Parker (1932–2010)
Lewis B. Patten (1915–1981)
Bill Pronzini (born 1943)

William MacLeod Raine (1871–1954)
Robert J Randisi (born 1951)
James Reasoner (born 1953)
John H. Reese (1910–1981) (pseudonyms Eddie Abbott, John Jo Carpenter, Camford Cheavly, Camford Sheaveley & Camford Sheavely (chron.)) [1]
Dusty Richards (born 1937)
John E. Richman (born 1947)
Conrad Richter (1890–1968)
Lucia St. Clair Robson (born 1942)
Dana Fuller Ross
Zola Helen Ross (born 1912)
Reid L Rosenthal (born 1953)
Gordon L Rottman (born 1947)

Jeff Sadler, (born 1943). (Pseudonym of Geoff Sadler; also writes under name of Wes Calhoun).^[1]
Les Savage, Jr. (1922–1958)
Jack Schaefer (1907–1991)
Bradford Scott
Jon Sharpe
Jory Sherman
Luke Short (1908–1975) (pseudonym of Frederick D. Glidden)
Jack Slade (publisher house name, pseudonym of Peter B. Germano and others)
Cotton Smith
Marshal South (1889–1948)
Frank H. Spearman (1859–1937)
Kai Starr (born 1964)
Charlie Steel
John Steinbeck (1902–1968)
Wallace Stegner (1909-1993)
Louis J. Stellman (1877–1961)
Manning Lee Stokes (1911–1976), writing as Ford Worth
Charles S. Strong
Gerald Lane Summers, J.D. (born 1941) Mobley Meadows Novels
Gary Svee (born 1943)
Glendon Swarthout (1918-1992)

David Thompson
Harlan Howard Thompson
Nye Tredgold
Clay Turner (pseudonym of Peter B. Germano)
Chuck Tyrell (pseudonym of Charles T. Whipple)

Wayne Ude, (born 1943)^[2]

Dale L. Walker, (born 1935)
Richard S. Wheeler, (born 1935)
Charles G. West
Cherry Wilson (died 1976)
G. Clifton Wisler
Owen Wister (1860–1938)
Ford Worth (1911–1976), pseudonym of Manning Lee Stokes

R.G. Yoho
Gordon Young (1886–1948)
S. Craig Zahler (born 1973)
Michael Zimmer (born 1955)

Notes

↑ B. J. Holmes, "Sadler, Jeff". Twentieth Century Western Writers, edited by Geoff Sadler. Chicago and London, St. James Press, 1991, ISBN 0-912289-98-8, (pp. 611–612).
↑ Martha Scott Trimble, "Ude, Wayne (Richard)", in Sadler (1991), pp. 695-95.
↑ Alan R. Velie, "Vizenor, Gerald (Robert)" in Sadler, (1991), pp. 697-99.

See also

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